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What is S$100 in 1973 worth today?

Money from 1973 in today’s dollars, by Singapore’s Consumer Price Index to Sep 2026. Try any amount or year.

S$100.00 in 1973 is worthS$357.60in Sep 2026: prices went up 257.6%, 2.42% a year on average.

What cost S$100.00 in 1973 cost about S$357.60 in Sep 2026; S$100.00 in Sep 2026 buys what S$27.96 did in 1973. By the Consumer Price Index, All Items: 28.957 in 1973 and 103.551 in Sep 2026 (2024 = 100).

By what you spend on 1973 to Sep 2026

CategoryChangeS$100.00 becomes
Transport+620.9%S$720.91
Education+570.0%S$670.03
Healthcare+490.8%S$590.83
Other goods and services+306.4%S$406.40
Housing and utilities+269.8%S$369.79
Food+259.0%S$359.04
Recreation and culture+237.1%S$337.07
Household goods and services+156.5%S$256.47
Clothing and shoes+39.2%S$139.24
Phone, internet and computers−40.8%S$59.15
Eating out (hawkers, food courts, restaurants)not priced in 1973

How much the prices in each part of SingStat’s basket moved. Eating out is part of food; it’s priced from 1990.

Questions

How much is S$100 in 1973 worth today?

About S$357.60 in Sep 2026, by Singapore’s Consumer Price Index: prices have gone up 257.6% since 1973, 2.42% a year on average. S$1,000 then is S$3,576.03, and S$10,000 S$35,760.27.

What was Singapore’s inflation rate in 1973?

19.6%: the average Consumer Price Index in 1973 was 19.6% higher than in 1972. In 1974 it was 22.4%.

Which prices have risen the most since 1973?

Transport, up 620.9%, then education, 570.0%. Phone, internet and computers fell 40.8%.

What did S$100 today cost in 1973?

What S$100 buys in Sep 2026 cost about S$27.96 in 1973.

Other years

1963 S$481.77 · 1972 S$427.76 · 1974 S$292.24 · 1983 S$210.90 · Every year since 1961

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